Edmonds, WA
It had been a while since I last spent some time in Edmonds, Washington.
2025 Closing
2025 is about to close, and I will welcome the new year without hesitation.
Qeshm
On the island of Qeshm, in the south of Iran, where desert life is raw, and most of the people who inhabit this island are both aware and unaware of the magical awe of the space and size of the skies that surround them.
University of Tehran
While in Iran in October, I had the opportunity to share my work and participate in a demonstration with a group of second-year art students from the University of Tehran.
Iran 2025
Returning to Iran this October has been a healing of sorts; a reminder of my roots and of just how diverse the country's landscape and culture really are.
Sauvie Island
“Had it really been 20 years since I had last laid eyes on this spectacular spot?” I asked myself.
Hard Work Pays Off
I drove to Leavenworth, located on the dry east side of Seattle, to set up my easel and paint along the side of the Wenatchee River.
The End of September
The end of September's Snohomish Art Tour always reveals a significant change; a season, so to speak. Not quite winter, but a direct road into the winter season.
Completion
When people talk about something taking a lifetime to complete, I can relate, that the gallery I had planned in its entirety within my brain over my lifetime has finally slowed down to a finish.
Settlement….Pause
The above two words are coming to me as naturally as I breathe in the air that surrounds me on these unfamiliar, slower days that I am experiencing. I have finally locked the shop door and moved away from my loved Palm Springs Gallery.
Spring in Snohomish, WA
Enjoying the spring in the Pacific Northwest
La Jolla Cove
When we have a purpose, we are constantly creating from whatever we have in our control;
The Painting Speaks
I was a part of the rockpile, pale compared to where the painter came to paint my image from the home I had occupied; I was accustomed to and felt vibrant and clear with color and contrast against the sky and the rest of my homeland scape.
Aspen Grove
In the spring, 14 years ago, I bought a small fleet of young Aspen trees.
Matilda
Sometimes, a painting sits in a space without being seen among other invisible paintings, not forgotten but just out of mind. Such was the case of dear Matilda.
Belltown, Seattle
Seattle, the coffee and rain…
Sometimes, I forget how Seattle can open its skies and pour rain down upon the city as if it were simply holding a garden hose or with all its might a pressure-wash hose.
Snohomish Studio Tour
This last weekend of September 28th and 29th was the second annual Snohomish Studio Tour of 2024.
Early September at the Farmhouse
In early September, I had one of those aha moments! I had been working hard, and I mean by working hard, I wasn’t allowing myself any painting time.
Driving through Stanwood, WA
Driving to Stanwood, WA, on an errand and being somewhat free after many months of working on my real estate must-do list, I arrive back again at English Boom.